Plectrum for musical instruments.



A. NAPOLETMJU.

FLECTRUM FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 1915.

1 18 2 5 6 1 lmmd m 23, 1916.

ELECTI'UM FUR MTJ'SICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Specification Letters L'itt i ntentcd May 23, illiiifi.

Application filed .ilgn'il 3, 1915. Serial 337e, 19,374.

To (ZZZ 207mm z'zfmo r concern Be it known that I, An'ronio.lflaroignmno, a citizen of Italy, residing at ilfiilltown, in thecounty of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented new andUseful linprovcments in Ploctrafor Musical instruments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This intention relates to glectra for musical instruments and moreparticularly to mandolin picks.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple andellicient holder for picks which Will give a line grip and permit theproper tremolo action.

it is a, further object of the invention to provide device of thischaracter which is flexible, in which the pick is remorably held so asto be conveniently replaced when Worn or broken and in which the samegrip is obtained as with the ordinary form oi? shell pick.

Further objects of the invention. will appear as the followingdescription i 5 read in connection with the accompanying drawings, andin whichz-- Figure 1 is a perspective View. is an enlarged sectionalView.

In the specific embodiment of the invention as illustrated herein, Iemploy a holder 1 of the outline shown or any other suitable outline,said holder being constructed of rubber or other similar flexible andresilient material provided with a longitudinal channel 2 and a throughaperture 3 poses the pick in the center oi the holder ll, shown, and"prov for the entrance of the flesh of the thereby increasing the gripobtained. 'l he channel 2 extends from the forward end of the body andto a point in the the aperture and on opposite sides thereof. The pickwhich may be constructed of any suitable material such as horn, shell,celluloid a rmess ii n e rs,

forced into the channel against the resiliency of the rubber and is,therefore, hold -within the channel by frictional cngne'einent of theWalls thereof upon the faces and edges of the pick.

With a device of this character picks may be made considerably smallerthan usual and may be readily replaced when broken or Worn. At the sametime the holder produces a. covering which has great frictionalqualities and which provides for a firm grip upon the pick whic i isimpossible with the smooth shell, celluloid or horn picks how in presentuse. r

llk'hat is claimed is:-

l. in com nation with an ovoid Zithcr av one piece resilient holderprovided with a through opening and a channel, th Walls of whichinrlosothe edge of the larger or the like end of said pick.

comlnnation with an ovoid zither pick, a one piece resilient holderprovided with a. longitudinally extending channel, the Walls of whichresiliently grip the edge in? the larger end of the nick. and iurthcrprovided with a pair of openings each communicatino' with said recessand the exterior of the holder.

3.. in combination with an ovoid Zither pick, a one piece resilientholder provided wit. it longituilinally extending channel, iii: of whichresiliently grip the edge lfil fil' end of the pick and further ith apair of openings. each coin with said recess and the exterior '2 holder.ch of said openings lying .llel to oi" we of said pick.

testimony whereof l allix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ANTONH} hlAPOLE'lX-RNO. is

Mani HEADLEY, Ammnoo R. llossi.

